Short stories

“Worthless Days”, the title alone suggest this short story could be about a lot of different things. When the story starts, the author starts with a question or a pun where the author ask “I wonder if I am the only one who suffers from worthless days”. Starting the story this way instantly makes the reader either agree or disagree with the author. This draws the reader in to wonder, “Where is this going?”, whether they agree or not with the initial sentence the curiosity settles in. As the…

deceptively innocent front. The title of Thomas Wolfe’s short story, “The Child by Tiger,” hints at this. The meaning of the title “The Child by Tiger” is developed throughout the story by contrasting characters and the repetition of Dick’s actions. The contrasts within the story show that every man can be both child and tiger. Spangler’s contrast towards Dick outlines one such child by tiger scenario. Spangler is the narrator of the story and has an unreliable point of view. He is a young…

In the short story “Karma,” by Jade Antoine, there is a king and queen ruling in the kingdom of Welbia. The king was repeatedly abusing the queen and the queen had to go to extreme lengths to try and stop the abuse. Queen Victoria reached out to a fairy and asked her to grant her powers so she could stop King Blake’s malevolent behavior. When she was given magic, the fairy told her if she used the magic for evil, the consequences would fall upon her unborn child. The queen went back to the…

In the short story "The Secret to Not Getting Stuck" By jay Woodruff the function of the protagonists father's stories of Route 66 and other adventures is to show how they are like two cars traveling in the opposite direction on the highway. Every highway was once Freshly paved but quickly becomes filled with potholes you need to avoid. Del is constantly trying to avoid the potholes in his life and not get stuck which he is able to successfully able to do. However his father is constantly…

telling stories in a manner that might even surprise you. Of course she doesn’t know how to put events in the right sequence or weave a story that has a well-developed beginning, middle and a catchy ending. Yet she continues to knit stories, intertwining what she sees happening around her with the imaginary world that exists in her mind. You can encourage your little storyteller to enhance her skills and make the story-time more fun. Here are a few ideas: Tell stories Stories feed on stories.…

12th 2015 reading and comprehension question 4 ESSAY Catherine Pigott has gone through changes in both mental and physical ways during her days living with the Gambian people, as she writes and narrates her experiences and changes in the short story – Chicken-Hips. At first, Catherine, as a westerner, is shocked by some Gambian values. When first arrived to Gambia, she is “marvelled” (2nd paragraph) when she first heard that she is “too thin”. But she soon discovers that being thin…

“How much of life is a matter of perspective” (Walker). Alice Walker is a very well- known short story writer, novelist, poetic, second-wave feminist, civil rights activist and children’s book author. One of her most influential novels was the Color Purple, which turned into a motion picture in the early 1980’s. She is the only African American women to win the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Alice Malsenior Walker was the youngest of eight children, born in 1944 to sharecroppers in…

In the short stories, “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved” and “Of the Coming of John”, the authors focus specifically on the lives of the two main characters, but also shift the focus onto the two supporting characters, Steadman and White John. These two supporting characters are in the story to show the opposites and differences between the main characters and themselves. Steadman arrives in Kentucky to help Thompson by illustrating for his article, and they go to the derby to find…

The short story The Monkey Garden, written by Sandra Cisneros, contains various changes within the meaning of the garden and even the garden itself. Everything started to change when the neighbors of the narrator moved. They owned a pet monkey that spent its life in a garden in the backyard. While the monkey lived in the garden, the children refused to enter. Once the monkey vanished, however, visitors entered the garden. But without the monkey, the garden shifted in appearance. Along with the…

shown in Trish's short story "Bananas." Trish, Alessia, and Syd overreact when they are informed about Sidney getting laid off from his job at GameStop. The four of them devise a plan for Trish, Alessia, and Syd to steal money from GameStop as an act of vengence in Sidney's honor. Trish uses plot and theme in the story "Bananas" to convey how people in strong friendships or any positive relationship would be willing to sacrifice anything for the other(s). Trish uses plot in the story to express…